Where is MText stacked fraction information stored

I have tried training users in how to set this up, and some get it and some
don't. In addition, some want to use something different from the office
standard. What I would really like to do is add some code to set it
automatically to the office standard when a drawing is opened. But where is
this stored? I assume in the Registry, but I couldn't find anything under
HKCU or HKLM that made any sense.

Thanks,
Gordon

 

Yes, but I would like to
A: have it happen without me going to each computer.
And B: fix the settings of users who change it just because they can.

It is one of those things that falls under 'When the standaards are easy to
use, and anything else is hard, the standards get followed'

Best,
Gordon

 

Gordon,
It is available and can be set via the registry. Since some parts
of the key may vary from user to user or station to station, it
might be a challenge to come up with a program to search and
change the keys. On my system, for 2005ADT the registry key is:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R16.1\ACAD-304:409\MTEXT]
"AutoStack"=dword:00000000
"ConvertStackToArch"=dword:00000000
"TrimLeadingStackBlank"=dword:00000000

If you set Autostack to 1 it will autostack. I am not sure about the other values.

Personally, I will continue to set it inside AutoCAD.

HTH

 

Gordon,

Here a code clip from my startup stuff which my help you:

(vl-registry-write
(strcat "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\"
(vlax-product-key)
"\\MTEXT\\"
)
"AutoStack" ;_ toggle fraction stacking
1 ;_ 0 = off, 1 = on
)

(vl-registry-write
(strcat "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\"
(vlax-product-key)
"\\MTEXT\\"
)
"ConvertStackToArch" ;_ toggle diagonal fraction bar
0 ;_ 0 = diag 1 = straight
)


(vl-registry-write
(strcat "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\"
(vlax-product-key)
"\\MTEXT\\"
)
"TrimLeadingStackBlank"
1 ;_ 0 = off, 1 = on
)


(vl-registry-write
(strcat "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\"
(vlax-product-key)
"\\MTEXT\\Discretionary Dialogs\\"
)
"AutoStack Properties" ;_ show autostack prop dialog
0 ;_ 0 = off, 1 = on
)

Steve Doman